What's New
v4.45
- fixed the crash problem when tapping an app icon on Android 8+ devices
- send me an email if you'd like to help the translation
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.44
- daily activities email shows non-app usage time in parentheses. E.g. (1h 2m)
- daily usage digest email also lists over-use apps
- also export daily total use time to the daily usage CSV file
- always add the hour information to exported CSV files for working around the spreadsheet viewer bug
- fixed: the recommend to friends function does not work. AppMgr > side menu > Recommend to friends
- update FAQ #10 about how to remove the "Today usage" notification on Android 8+. Settings > About > FAQ
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.43
- show the history of searched names when tapping the Search toolbar icon. Manage apps > top Search toolbar icon
- re-organize Settings. Rename "Export" as "Backup app data" and "Import" as "Restore app data".
Add "Export as CSV" item to the "Export" setting group
- fixed: show incorrect app data size on Android O or greater devices
- update French text
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.42/v4.41
- new weekly usage history. Top-left navigation menu icon > Weekly > tap the big circle
- support Android 8 adaptive launcher icon
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.40
- fixed: send multiple same usage digest emails in some cases
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.39
- fixed: not track usage after reboot the device in some cases
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.38
- today usage reminder notification enables you to set background/text color
- support Android 8 notification category. Launcher > Settings > Apps > AppMgr > App notifications > Categories
- support Portuguese Brazilian language
- update Spanish texts
- fixed: over-use pop-up reminder should not display texts in black
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.37
- new on-screen usage reminder function. Settings > Over-use reminder > Bubble control > Enable.
Long pressing this control will display 5 most-used apps for you to select
- change the default of "Most used apps" > "Sort by" setting to "Access count"
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.36
- support aProfiles (v2.22+) to enable/disable the usage tracking function
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.35
- support the Hungarian language
- new option to not display screen activities on the timeline view. Timeline view >
tap the Filter icon > Screen on/off option
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.34
- fixed: still shows ads after upgraded to PRO in some cases
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.33
- fixed: should not keep asking users to add app to the whitelist of task killer
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.32
- app options window: enables you to add/remove app to/from the usage ignored list
- fixed: failed to import if path/file name has white space characters
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.31
- can hide the today usage reminder when the most used apps notification option is checked, Android 6+ only
- over-use reminder supports vibration. Settings > Over-use reminder > Vibrate
- daily usage digest email displays the hourly usage from 11pm to 12am
- "Usage ignored apps" and "Ignored most used apps" window displays ignored apps in a separate list
- add a new FAQ. Settings > About > FAQ
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.30
- support Android 8 (Oreo)
- add more settings for Usage and Over-use reminder. Settings > Usage reminder or Over-use reminder
- on Android 6+, the "Today usage" setting cannot be unchecked due to the limitation of Android
- add a new FAQ. Settings > About > FAQ
- fixed: display the wrong usage time when using an app across the midnight
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.29
- fixed crash errors on some devices
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.28
- new "Display the bottom bar" option for widgets
- Today usage notification: new progress bars to show you how long it left to reach the usage limit
v4.27
- new timeline view for the "Check device history" window
- display the check device history of a day. Check device history > Bar chart view > tap the big circle
- display device check icons on the usage timeline view
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.26
- new auto send daily activities (timeline view) email function. Settings > Auto email history > Daily activities
- add more function guides. MENU > Function guide
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.25
- timeline view displays more details of screen on/off events
- daily usage email displays the hourly usage information at the bottom of email
- fixed: not track apps usage after rebooted the device on some devices
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.24
- support the Polish language
- fixed: "Don't remind..." buttons of over-use reminder dialog do not work
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.23
- new "Today usage" resizable home screen widget
- add a new FAQ item. Settings > About > FAQ
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.22
- new auto export history data as CSV feature. PRO-only. Settings > Import/Export > Auto export
- fixed: not track apps usage after the device rebooted
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.21
- manage apps: new "Sort in reverse order" menu item which enables you to sort apps in reverse order
- SYSTEM tab also displays uninstallable system (built-in) apps
- display # indicator for uninstallable system apps and * for other system apps. For details, visit FAQ
- revamp app options window. App Usage > tap any app icon or item
- app options window: also display the first install time of app
- also display launcher apps when editing the "ignored most-used" or "over-used" apps list
- new export installs history as CSV feature. Installs history window > MENU > Export as CSV
- add history type name to the exported file name
- support large aspect ratio devices (e.g. Samsung S8)
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.20
- new view to show the detailed usage of an hour. Usage of day view > Bar chart view > Tap the big circle
- new Today/Yesterday usage shortcuts for you to add to the home screen
- the usage of day view enables you to change date
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.19
- support the Italian language
- also enable Android 6+ users to uncheck the "Today usage" option
- enable you to export data to the SD card
- adds a "Usage ignored apps" menu item to "Usage history" view
- fixed: auto email history function does not work on some devices
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.18
- daily usage email also include the hourly usage information
- usage email also includes the device model and OS information
- support Android 6+ runtime permissions. Only request related permissions when you perform an action
- disable "Today usage" option as it's required to be displayed on Android 6+
- support Android 7+ rooted devices
- don't bundle notifications on Android 7+
- fixed: bar chart view shows strange results on Android 7+
- support the Swedish language
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.17
- support the French language
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.16
- new view to show you the hourly app usage per day. Usage history > Bar chart view > tap big circle > Bar chart view
- new "Day/Night" theme. Changes between light and dark theme based on the sunrise/sunset time
- required the location permission for getting the sunrise/sunset time
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.15
- support Android 7
- fixed: cannot see text from the date selection dialog when the dark theme is selected
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.14
- change the default theme to Light. You can switch back to the dark theme by going to Settings > Theme
- resend unsent daily usage summary emails when the network is available
- fixed: "Don't remind anymore" button does not work
- fixed: should not list "Activity log" in the default top window setting
- fixed: does not display the notification text on some Android 4 devices
- removed "Activity history" setting. App Usage also keeps track of app usage activity when the "App/phone usage" setting is checked
- 1.5M bytes apk size reduced
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.13
- moved the timeline view to Usage history window. Activity history is removed as it's useless now
- moved daily usage summary view to Usage history window
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.12
- new light theme. Settings > Theme
- new setting to set the import/export folder. Settings > Import/Export > Folder
- fixed: activity history does not display the complete time text on some devices
- fixed: crash issue when tapping ALL or UNINSTALLED tab on some devices
- fixed: multiple same activity log with one app use
- display maximum 32 most used apps for free version users
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.11
- new auto email weekly usage summary feature. Auto email on the first day of week. Settings > Auto email history > Weekly usage summary
- new export check phone history as CSV feature. Check phone history window > MENU > Export as CSV
- activity timeline view displays a date on top of view
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.10
- enable you to swipe view between overview, detailed and bar chart views
- all usage information won't include the usage time of ignored apps
- last 7 or 30 days usage displays the total usage time and access count
- history email: display color for increase or decrease percentage
- fixed: still show ads or pro-only on the paid version
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v4.00
- new "Auto email history" function which sends a daily usage summary email to you specified receivers. Settings > Auto email history
- bar chart view: show a red line for the reminding usage time
- bar chart view: show a green line for indicating the average value
- change default top window to "Activity history". You can change it by going to: Settings > Default top window
- add Translate and Close buttons for About window
- support Simplified Chinese language
- free version is now supported by advertisements. You can upgrade it to PRO version for removing ads
- new 1-year option that keeps history data up to 1 year. PRO-only
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.24
- support Spanish language
- fixed: may stop to track app usage on some devices
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.23
- support Dutch language
- daily usage summary: change to show average usage time and access count
- increase app usage reminding maximum time to 4 hours
- import/export also handles activity usage duration information
- fixed: failed to import on Android 6 devices
- fixed: crash while importing a big file
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.22/v3.21
- add "Select language" setting. App Usage > Settings > Select language
- support Russian and German languages
- fixed: log not used app when opening the notification drawer or on a locked screen
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.20
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.19
- bar chart view shows different color for weekend
- show daily usage time of an app in bar chart view
- show the most used apps in either usage time or access count. Settings > Most used apps > Sort by
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.18
- add toolbar icons so you can directly switch between activity, usage history and usage summary window
- activity history: show section indexer when scrolling by dragging scroll bar thumb
- apps list: show section indexer when scrolling by dragging scroll bar thumb if the list is sorted by name
- show confirm dialog when tapping either "Don't remind today" or "Don't remind anymore" button
- fixed characters overlapping problem when the system font size is large
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.17
- daily usage summary window: fixed the problem of showing the wrong usage time for "Last 30 days"
v3.16
- new daily usage summary feature. One day usage history window > MENU > Daily usage summary icon
- new daily usage summary setting which shows a notification about the summary of daily usage. Settings > Usage reminder
- new export daily usage summary as CSV feature. Daily usage summary window > MENU > Export as CSV
- today usage notification shows the usage information in more clear
- usage history window: changed the default view to bar chart view
- usage bar chart view: enable you to tap balloon to show the usage history of specified date
- new "Count as checked phone when" setting to count the number of checked phone when screen gets on or unlocked. Settings > App/Phone usage
- new phone usage time over-use reminder. Settings > Over-use reminder > Usage time per day
- most-used apps: show most-used apps of last 3 days to 30 days
- new search function that enables you to search uninstalled apps by name
- increased the wide/medium column width when running on tablets
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.15
- manage apps window: add a ALL tab that shows all downloaded and system apps
- hide "most used apps" icon from the status bar when you select the low priority level
- add a "Today usage" setting which shows a persistent notification about today's app/phone usage. Settings > Usage reminder
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.14
- new "Export to CSV" function. Activity history or Usage history > MENU > Export to CSV
- show Activity history disabled or enabled in the activity history window
- re-organize setting items
- show a settings icon when you long-press the notification. Lollipop+ only
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.13
- most-used apps widget: new Button size option which enables you to specify the icon button size
- increase the maximum value of phone check count setting to 300
- new "Don't remind today" and "Don't remind anymore" settings which enable
you to hide related buttons from the over-use reminder dialog box
- app options window: new "Activity history" option which shows the activity history of an app
- activity history window: enables you to show the app options window by tapping an app
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.12
- bar chart view: fixed the problem of showing wrong date due to daylight saving time
v3.11
- fixed some activity history related bugs
- new "Use old solution to track usage" setting. Enable this option if this app failed to track app usage on your device
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.10
- new "Activity history" function which shows the time that you open an app. Side menu > Activity log
- support more Android 5.x (Lollipop) devices
- support Android 6 (Marshmallow) devices
- bugs fixed and optimizations
v3.01
- fixed a crash error when swiping right to strikethrough an app
v3.00
- new material design user experience UI
- new sort apps by note option
- most-used apps widget shows up to 360 apps
- new "Usage ignored apps" function which enables you to not show the usage time of apps. Settings > App/Phone usage > Usage ignored apps
- new "Add to the usage ignored list" and "Remove from the usage ignored list" menu items. Tap any app > Usage history
- when apps are sorted by the usage information, adding a new "Date range" toolbar icon
- removed "Window background" setting
- bugs fixed and optimizations